Colorado Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Colorado or Court of Appeals of Colorado where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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People v. Holmes - 1/20/1998
Original Proceedings in Discipline
EN BANC
ATTORNEY DISBARRED
We consolidate two lawyer disciplinary proceedings for one opinion and order. In No. 97SA109, a hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee...
People v. Dowhan - 1/20/1998
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
ATTORNEY SUSPENDED
PER CURIAM
JUSTICE BENDER.
This is a lawyer discipline case that comes to us on a stipulation, agreement and conditional admission of misconduct...
People v. Coulter - 1/12/1998
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
PUBLIC CENSURE
PER CURIAM
JUSTICE BENDER.
This is a lawyer discipline case. The respondent and the assistant disciplinary counsel submitted a stipulation,...
People v. Anderson - 10/2/1997
Defendant, Daniel Anderson, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of one count of child abuse resulting in death, two counts of vehicular homicide while driving under the influence, one...
People v. Pena - 10/2/1997
Defendant, Christopher H. Pena, appeals a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of vehicular eluding. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, contends that his conviction was in violation of his...
People v. Dover - 9/15/1997
Original Proceeding in Discipline.
EN BANC
PER CURIAM
JUSTICE SCOTT does not participate.
An inquiry panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of...
People v. Rodriguez - 9/15/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.
CHIEF JUSTICE VOLLACK concurs in part and Dissents in part, and JUSTICE MULLARKEY joins in the concurrence and Dissent.
We granted certiorari in People v....
People v. Shinaut - 6/30/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
This appeal, brought pursuant to C.A.R. 49, arises out of the county court's suppression of James Shinaut's (Shinaut) blood test results for non-compliance by a...
People v. Carey - 6/9/1997
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
PER CURIAM
The respondent and the complainant executed a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct pursuant to C.R.C.P. 241.18. The conditional admission...
People v. Coria - 4/14/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to review the Larimer County District Court's order in People v. Coria, No. 94CR1093 (Nov. 6, 1995), reversing the defendant's conviction for...
People v. Mannix - 4/14/1997
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
PER CURIAM
In this lawyer discipline case, a hearing panel of the Supreme Court Grievance Committee approved the findings and the recommendation of a hearing board that the...
People v. McGuire - 4/7/1997
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
PER CURIAM
An inquiry panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct entered into between the...
People v. Boyer - 3/31/1997
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
JUSTICE KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
JUSTICE SCOTT Dissents.
CHIEF JUSTICE VOLLACK and JUSTICE BENDER do not participate.
This lawyer discipline...
People v. Brockelman - 3/10/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.
The defendant in the trial court and the respondent in this action, James Brockelman, appealed to the court of appeals the trial court's denial of his...
People v. Gonzalez - 3/10/1997
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
PER CURIAM
The respondent and the assistant disciplinary counsel have entered into a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct. C.R.C.P. 241.18. The...
People v. Morales - 3/3/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
The People bring this interlocutory appeal to challenge a suppression order entered by the District Court of the City and County of Denver. The order suppressed...
People v. Veloz - 2/20/1997
Defendant, Paul Veloz, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of driving under the influence (DUI) and being an habitual traffic offender. We affirm.
During voir dire, one of the panel...
Christoph v. Colorado Communications Corp. - 2/20/1997
In this action concerning the death in an automobile accident of Michaela Vargas (decedent), plaintiffs, Juan Aguero, Rosemary Mendez, and Gustavo Aguero (through his guardian ad litem, James Christoph), the decedent's children, sought...
People v. Rivers - 2/18/1997
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
PER CURIAM
A hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the findings and recommendations of a hearing board that the respondent in this lawyer discipline...
People v. Martinnillie - 12/27/1996
Defendant, Lorenzo Martinnillie, appeals the trial court's denial of his Crim. P. 35(a) motion challenging the legality of his sentence. We affirm.
In 1994, as a result of a plea agreement, defendant pled guilty to driving...
People v. Marion - 11/29/1996
Opinion by JUDGE ROTHENBERG
Defendant, Kenneth Marion, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of possession of a controlled substance. We affirm.
While defendant was...
People v. Theodore - 11/12/1996
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
Per Curiam
An inquiry panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct between the respondent and the...
People v. Strock - 11/7/1996
Defendant, Richard A. Strock, appeals the order of restitution prescribed in conjunction with the sentence imposed following the entry of his guilty pleas to driving under the influence and unlawful possession of a controlled...
People v. Ebbert - 10/15/1996
Original Proceeding in Discipline.
EN BANC
Per Curiam
In a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct, C.R.C.P. 241.18, the respondent in this lawyer discipline case has consented to disbarment....
People v. Deskins - 10/15/1996
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review certain questions regarding the court of appeals' decision reversing the convictions of Gerald Deskins (Deskins) for three counts of vehicular homicide, three counts of child abuse...
People v. Smith - 9/26/1996
Defendant, Armead Michael Smith, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of cocaine, a schedule II controlled substance. We affirm.
Near 10:30 p.m. on May 6, 1993, an Arvada...
Moore v. People - 9/23/1996
EN BANC
JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to review certain questions regarding the court of appeals decision affirming the conviction of defendant Kevin J. Moore (Moore) for reckless...
People v. Maccallum - 9/23/1996
EN BANC
This interlocutory appeal is brought, pursuant to section 16-12-102(2), 8A C.R.S. (1996 Supp.), and C.A.R. 4.1, by the District Attorney for the Twentieth Judicial District challenging various rulings of the trial...
Pierson v. Colorado Department of Revenue - 7/11/1996
The driver's license of petitioner, Michael Eugene Pierson, was revoked by the Department of Revenue for refusing to submit to testing as required by the express consent statute. On review of that revocation, the district court...
People v. Turtura - 7/1/1996
EN BANC
The prosecution brings this interlocutory appeal pursuant to section 16-12-102(2), 8A C.R.S. (1986), and C.A.R. 4.1 to challenge the trial court's order suppressing various statements made by the defendant, Craig...
Deutschendorf v. People - 7/1/1996
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Pitkin County District Court in Deutschendorf v. People, No. 95CR23 (Colo. Dist. Ct. July 19, 1995), and the decision of the Boulder County District Court in People v....
Stahl v. Department of Revenue - 6/13/1996
The Department of Revenue (Department) appeals from the district court judgment reversing its revocation of the driver's license of plaintiff, Brian Timothy Stahl, for refusing to submit to testing as required by the express consent...
People v. George - 4/15/1996
EN BANC
In this interlocutory appeal filed pursuant to C.A.R. 3 and 4.1, the People seek review of a ruling by the Douglas County District Court suppressing evidence seized by two Castle Rock, Colorado, police officers after...
People v. Madigan - 4/8/1996
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
Per Curiam
A hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved a hearing board's findings in this lawyer discipline proceeding, but modified the board's...
People v. Jamrozek - 4/8/1996
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
Per Curiam
The respondent in these two consolidated lawyer discipline proceedings, Thomas T. Jamrozek, has not appeared in any of the proceedings before the Supreme Court...
People v. Medina - 4/4/1996
Defendant, Rose M. Medina, appeals the trial court's ruling on her Crim. P. 35(c) motion in which she sought an extended proportionality review of her sentence. We vacate the sentence and remand for re-sentencing.
In 1988, the...
Zipse v. County Court for County of Jefferson - 4/4/1996
Appellant, Steven Lawrence Zipse (Zipse), seeks review of a district court order denying his C.R.C.P. 106(a)(4) request to prohibit a subsequent prosecution based on the failure of the district attorney to comply with the compulsory...
People v. Rotenberg - 2/26/1996
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
Per Curiam
The respondent and the assistant disciplinary counsel have entered into a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct. C.R.C.P. 241.18. An...
People v. Woodrum - 2/20/1996
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
Per Curiam
In this lawyer discipline proceeding, the respondent and the assistant disciplinary counsel entered into a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of...
J.D.C. v. District Court of Eighteenth Judicial District - 2/12/1996
EN BANC
In this original proceeding, J.D.C., a juvenile, petitioned this court to issue to the Arapahoe County District Court a rule to show cause for allowing the criminal division of the district court to exercise jurisdiction...
People v. Rodriguez - 2/8/1996
Defendant, Rafael Rodriguez, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of heroin. The sole issue raised on appeal is the validity of a warrantless search of defendant's van. We...
People v. Wollrab - 1/16/1996
Per Curiam
In this lawyer discipline proceeding, the assistant disciplinary counsel has filed a petition for review pursuant to C.R.C.P. 241.15(c). A hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved a hearing...
People v. Shepherd - 12/11/1995
EN BANC
CHIEF JUSTICE VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.
In this interlocutory appeal, the People seek review of an order entered by the Lake County District Court prohibiting the introduction into evidence of...
People v. Tucker - 11/14/1995
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
Per Curiam
The respondent in this lawyer discipline proceeding accepted fees from a number of clients and then terminated her legal practice and abandoned her clients. A...
Walker v. Arries - 11/2/1995
Plaintiff, Gary Walker, appeals the district court's dismissal of his complaint under C.R.C.P. 106(a)(4). We affirm.
The following facts are not in dispute. In 1994, plaintiff was charged in the Weld County Court under § ...
People v. Redman - 9/11/1995
EN BANC.
Original Proceeding in Discipline
Per Curiam
An inquiry panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct between the respondent and the...
People v. Frye - 6/26/1995
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals in People v. Frye, 872 P.2d 1316 (Colo. App. 1993), which affirmed the judgment of conviction of Ronald S. Frye for the crimes of second...
Haynes v. People - 6/5/1995
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE LOHR would grant as to the following issue:
Whether the trial court erred in ruling that the petitioner was not entitled to defend himself against the charge of...
People v. Reynolds - 5/22/1995
EN BANC
The People bring this interlocutory appeal from a suppression order entered by the Yuma County District Court. The order suppressed the results of a blood alcohol test performed on the defendant, Rance Randall Reynolds....
Wild West Radio Inc. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office - 5/18/1995
On petition of Wild West Radio, Inc., and Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority (petitioners) in this workers' compensation case, we initially granted certiorari to determine whether medical benefits are subject to reduction when a...
Thomas v. People - 5/8/1995
EN BANC
JUSTICE VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.
Penny Powers Thomas (Thomas) appeals from an order of the Larimer County District Court in Thomas v. People, No. 94SC204, and Allyn David McMullin (McMullin)...
Hampe v. Tipton - 5/4/1995
The Department of Revenue appeals from the trial court judgment reversing its revocation of the driver's license of petitioner, Robert Keith Hampe, for driving with an excessive blood alcohol content. We reverse and remand the cause to...
Eggleston v. Department of Revenue - 4/20/1995
Plaintiff, Stephen M. Eggleston, seeks review of the district court judgment affirming the revocation of his driver's license by the Department of Revenue. We affirm.
Plaintiff failed to stop for an identification check at the...
Vega v. People - 4/3/1995
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review People v. Vega, 870 P.2d 549 (Colo. App. 1993). In Vega, the court of appeals affirmed a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding the petitioner, Juan Cruz Vega (Vega),...
Ortivez v. Davis - 3/23/1995
Defendant, Scott Andrew Davis, appeals from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs, Daniel G. and Bonnie L. Ortivez, on their claims for compensatory and punitive damages. We affirm.
While seated in their vehicle at a...
People v. Deskins - 3/23/1995
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Defendant, Gerald Edward Deskins, appeals the judgment entered on jury verdicts convicting him of three counts of child abuse resulting in death, three counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of vehicular assault, one count of...
People v. McNeese - 3/13/1995
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review People v. McNeese, 865 P.2d 881 (Colo. App. 1993). We reverse and return this case to the court of appeals for remand to the district court to make findings of fact and Conclusions of law...
Wilczynski v. People - 3/13/1995
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review Wilczynski v. People, 873 P.2d 10 (Colo. App. 1993), and to determine whether Mark A. Wilczynski's DUI-bodily injury conviction in California constitutes a "drug law conviction" for...
People v. Eagen - 12/29/1994
The People appeal the trial court's dismissal of two of three criminal charges filed against defendant, Frederic W. Eagen, because the prosecution failed to preserve potentially exculpatory evidence. Defendant had been charged with...
People v. Tellez - 11/3/1994
Defendant, Abraham Tellez, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of various vehicle offenses. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
Defendant was charged with vehicular homicide...
Lahey v. Department of Revenue - 7/14/1994
Plaintiff, Timothy Michael Lahey, II, appeals from the district court judgment affirming the revocation of his driver's license by the Department of Revenue (Department) for refusing to submit to testing as required by the express...
Maryland Casualty Co. v. Messina - 5/16/1994
JUSTICE VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to review the decision by the court of appeals in Maryland Casualty Co. v. Messina, 860 P.2d 556 (Colo. App. 1993), reversing the district court's entry...
People v. Hampton - 5/9/1994
JUSTICE VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in People v. Hampton, 857 P.2d 441 (Colo. App. 1992), to determine whether the time limits imposed by section ...
Robertson v. City and County of Denver - 5/2/1994
This case presents questions of whether an ordinance banning the manufacture, sale, or possession of "assault weapons" within the City and County of Denver violates article II, section 13 of the Colorado Constitution, and the...
People v. Flores - 4/4/1994
This attorney discipline case comes to us on a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct entered into between the respondent and the assistant disciplinary counsel. In the stipulation, the parties recommended the...
People v. Attorney A. - 10/18/1993
In this attorney discipline proceeding, the assistant disciplinary counsel has filed a Petition for Review Pursuant to C.R.C.P. 241.15(b)(1) and (c). The respondent was charged by formal complaint with professional misconduct that...
People v. McCormick - 10/4/1993
In People v. McCormick, 839 P.2d 474 (Colo. App. 1992), the court of appeals reversed the judgments of conviction and sentences imposed on Michael R. McCormick for murder and kidnapping, finding that the compulsory joinder provisions...
City and County of Denver and Federico Pena v. Casados - 10/4/1993
In Casados v. City and County of Denver, 832 P.2d 1048 (Colo. App. 1992), the Colorado Court of Appeals held that the plaintiffs stated a claim under the Fourth Amendment that certain provisions of an Executive Order issued by the...
People v. Wilczynski - 9/9/1993
The People appeal the trial court order vacating the defendant's life sentence under the habitual criminal act and imposing a twelve-year sentence. We vacate the sentence and remand with directions to reinstate the life sentence. ...
Poe v. Department of Revenue - 8/19/1993
Plaintiff, Kirk Poe, appeals from the district court judgment affirming the revocation of his driver's license by the Department of Revenue for refusing to submit to testing as required by the express consent law. We affirm. ...
Dimarco v. Department of Revenue - 7/29/1993
The Department of Revenue (Department) appeals from a district court judgment vacating the Department's orders that both suspended and revoked the driver's license of plaintiff, Pete Cymon DiMarco. The central issue presented is...
People v. Herr - 6/17/1993
Defendant, David Andrew Herr, appeals a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of cocaine. We affirm the judgment. However, because we also conclude that the minimum period of probation to...
People v. McNeese - 5/20/1993
The People appeal the trial court's order dismissing charges of second degree murder filed against the defendant, Robert Earl McNeese. After a pretrial hearing, the court dismissed the charges pursuant to § 18-1-704.5, C.R.S. (1986...
People v. Proffitt - 5/17/1993
Original Proceeding in Discipline
Per Curiam
In this attorney disciplinary proceeding, a hearing panel of the Supreme Court Grievance Committee unanimously approved the findings of fact of a hearing board but modified the...
People v. Acosta - 4/22/1993
Defendant, Mary Acosta, was convicted of vehicular assault while under the influence of alcohol, vehicular assault by driving recklessly, and driving under the influence of alcohol. She was placed on probation for five years. She...
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